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The Duchess of Cambridge is in labour with her first baby. She is

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in a hospital in London. A spokesperson for Kate and William

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said that things are progressing as normal. The Prime Minister had these

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words: A very exciting occasion, and the whole country is excited with

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them. Rescue teams in western China try to

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reach survivors and those left homeless by a big earthquake.

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More than 70 people are confirmed dead. Three days of terrible

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violence across Iraq leaves more than 20 dead. We ask why the surge,

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and why now. And a BBC investigation on how new

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EU regulations do little to stop illegal timber reaching shops across

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has gone into the early stages of labour. The confirmation came from

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Kensington Palace for hours ago. Royal vehicles had been seen at the

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hospital at six o'clock this morning. This is the scene now at

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the hospital in central London, near Paddington. For weeks, her every

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move has been under close scrutiny, but it had never been confirmed

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officially when the baby was due. Prince William has taken leave of

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absence. He will then get paternity leave from the British Armed Forces.

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This report now from our royal correspondence Nicolas Witchell.

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This was the last time she was seen in public, more than a month ago at

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the Queen's Birthday Parade Trooping the Colour. After that, for the

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final weeks of her pregnancy, Kate disappeared from view. She spent

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quite a bit of time at the Middleton family home in Berkshire with her

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mother and father. William has also been with her, although last weekend

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he went off to play polo, competing in a competition in Gloucestershire

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with his brother, Harry. Now that Kate has finally been admitted to

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hospital, responsibility for the safe delivery of the baby rests in

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the hands of the Royal gynaecologists, Marcus Setchell and

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Alan Farthing, who have kept in touch with the pregnancy right from

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its anxious early days when Kate had to be hospitalised suffering from

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acute pregnancy sickness. Since then, she has coped without any

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further difficulties, carrying on with a limited programme of public

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engagements throughout the spring and early summer. Now, though, her

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priorities are about to change as she gives birth to a child which

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will be the Queen's third great-grandchild, and which, whether

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a boy or a girl, will be third in line to the British throne. A rare

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moment indeed when the world's best-known hereditary monarchy can

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look forward to having four generations alongside each other.

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In China, rescuers are searching for earthquake survivors in the western

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province. The region is mountainous and relatively remote. It was hit by

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an initial tremor with a magnitude of 5.9. So far, officials are

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reporting more than 400 people injured, and 70 killed. This report

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from Beijing came before the latest figure of 75 dead came in.

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Unfortunately, the death toll keeps rising. Authorities are having

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trouble reaching the area, because rock slides have affected some of

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the major roads. It is difficult for emergency vehicles to get through.

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Many people are focusing on the death toll. Initial reports said

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that three were dead, and now the number is up to 56, so that gives

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you a small glimmer that this quake is serious. What is your reflection

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on how well the authorities in every region are now prepared to cope with

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this? It seems that the Chinese government have become masters at

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despatching emergency crews very quickly. The 2008 earthquake, they

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were dispatched within 12 minutes, and it seems to be a similar case

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today. Reports came out very quickly that fire trucks were on their way

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to the affected areas, rescue dogs and many troops, as well.

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The latest from China. The European Union has just agreed to declare

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Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organisation. Ministers

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say that the armed branch is responsible for terror attacks in

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Europe. Speaking before the decision, Britain's Foreign

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Secretary, William Hague, said he would be pushing for an agreement

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over the classification. A high priority for the United Kingdom at

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this meeting today is the designation of the military wing of

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has bollard as a terror organisation or the European Union -- his

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Hizbollah. We believe that it is important that Europe gives a firm

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and clear response on the attacks. Confirmation that the military wing

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has been outlawed. Voters have given Japan's Prime

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Minister and his government a green light for the next round of tough

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economic laws. Experts suggest that the coalition now have control of

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both Houses of Parliament after Sunday's elections for the upper

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house. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is the BBC's correspondence there. What the

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prime Minister now has is control of both houses, and there will be no

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election again in Japan until at least 2016. That means he has the

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power and the time to implement his economic plan, and he says that he

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is committed to serious and painful structural reform of Japan's

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economy. What he is likely to face now is opposition not from

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opposition political parties but from within his own Liberal

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Democratic party. There are many members of Parliament who come from

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rural constituencies, who have deep vested interests, who are against

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opening Japan's economy to greater international competition, and

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particularly varies resistance to opening Japan's agricultural sector

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to greater international competition. It is a heavily

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protected area of the economy. But he says there is no other

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alternative. If Japan is to rebuild its economy, then this is the only

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road forward. And there is another factor playing here, and that is the

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rise of China. Mr Abbey is a nationalist who believes that Japan

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must be able to stand up to China, politically and militarily, and he

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believes that only a strong economy can be the basis for that.

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Let's get more on the European Union decision to put the military wing of

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has bollard on the terror list. What has driven the foreign ministers to

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move this far? On the surface, it is an action taken because of a

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reaction to terrorism, the bombing in Bulgaria last year, in which five

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Israeli citizens and their Bulgarian driver were killed by a suicide

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bombing, and this is seen as a response to that, but you have to

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take this decision in its broader context as well. There is a lot

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going on in the Middle East. The catastrophic war across the border

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from Lebanon in Syria, where Hezbollah has been fighting

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alongside forces of resident Assad. And I think even though ministers

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will not make this link explicit, this can be seen as a warning shot

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across Hezbollah's bow to behave better in that broader Middle East

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and context, as well as the specific case and what many believe is

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evidence that Hezbollah carried out that case, although they strongly

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deny it. And what about that argument the din display Missy, you

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have more chance of having success -- in diplomacy, you have more

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chance of success if you are seen to understand what both sides are

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thinking? As ever, the European Union is trying to play a delicate

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balancing act. It will maintain contact with Hezbollah's political

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wing, a party that plays a major political role in Lebanon on, and

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that is critical for countries here. They will break off links with

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the military wing, but maintain links with the political wing, which

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is a blurred line, because Hezbollah say that all of their wings will

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fight for them if they need to. But nevertheless, that is a distinction

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that the European Union will try to draw. Legitimate financial transfers

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to Lebanon will continue, so it will be very difficult for anyone in

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Europe to make specific financial contributions to Hezbollah's

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military wing, but other types of financial transactions, as long as

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lawyers consider them to be legitimate, will be continued.

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Chris Morris, thank you. Britain is celebrating its second successive

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win in cycling's most prestigious event, the Tour de France. Chris

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Froome's wind has lifted spirits as far away as Africa. He was born in

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Kenya, and rides for Britain because of his father. As a teenager, he

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wrote with a local group, and cut his teeth on the high altitude hills

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around Nairobi. One of his former team-mate says he hopes Chris

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Froome's victory will bring some attention to Kenny and riders. --

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Kenyan riders. The best thing is they will be a lot of attention for

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our young riders here, and that gives us a chance to approve more

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and more what we have already been delivering. But he was at Saint

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Johns College, where he was at school in Johannesburg. Let's go

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live to their head of sport, who was a teacher when Chris was there.

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do you remember him? He was a gentleman, an outstanding scholar at

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the school, participating in all the sporting events. Not one of the top

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sportsmen, but total involvement, a smile on his face and always

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positive. What do you remember about him and bicycles? Me being involved

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in the sport, he came to me and asked if we could start a cycling

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club as part of our cultural activities on a Tuesday and Thursday

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afternoon. We don't offer it as a school sport, so he asked if we

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could set that up, and we did. That is where it all started. What about

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his physique and his determination? What did you see in him as a student

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which prepared him for something as gruelling and testing as the Tour de

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France? He wasn't one of the biggest boys around, so he didn't play in

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first-team rugby, that sort of thing. But he was always positive

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and involved in every sport. what it requires is absolute

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determination. It is a very lonely job being a cyclist, training Day

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after day for long hours, getting fit. Did you see that level of

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determination in him? It is difficult at that age, because you

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don't comprehend that they could go on to that sort of level, but there

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must have been an intrinsic characteristic in him that has now

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come to the fore. He was always participating in all events, so his

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positivity and his approach was there right from the start. Thank

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you for joining us from the school in Johannesburg.

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Stay with us here on BBC world News -- temper one. The gruesome

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discovery in Cleveland, Ohio, the bodies of three women found wrapped

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in plastic. We have the latest on Pakistani boys spend their days, but

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these boys are providing much-needed cash for their families. At the

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break of dawn, they start. These young friends are not professional

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they have invented one that does the job but is not the safest form of

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transportation. After battling for two kilometres, they reach their

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destination. Thick mangrove forests. They will try their luck at crab

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hunting. It is a dangerous job and the grown-ups prefer catching fish.

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However, this means the young boys get a much-needed chance to bring

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some money home to their families after selling these crabs in local

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markets. With a long iron rod, they pry the crabs from their hiding

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places. Sometimes they have to insert their arms inside to catch

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them. Without gloves. I get round 10-15 each day, sometimes 20. But if

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the legs are broken, it is no use. All about hard work wasted. Other

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times, they try lowering the crabs with the help of small rope. And

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pieces of fish tied on as bait. catch the crabs and whatever money

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we have made, we give it to the family. Then my mother makes red and

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we eat and go back to work. It was a fruitful day. Even though they will

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only make the equivalent of $3, these little hunters are happy, even

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with this small amount. Decades ago, the fishermen of Karachi were

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prosperous as fish were in abundance in the Arabian Sea. Now, it has been

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polluted by industrial and domestic waste. And the fish have left these

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waters. And that has brought poverty too many. It means that instead of

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getting to enjoy their childhood, these boys have to go out and earn a

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Cambridge is in labour with her first baby. She is in Saint Mary 's

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Hospital in London. A spokesperson said that things are progressing as

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normal. Rescue teams and western China are trying to reach survivors

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and those left homeless by an earthquake. More than 70 people are

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known to be dead. There's been yet more deadly violence in Iraq. Two

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prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad were attacked by gunmen who were

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reportedly trying to free the inmates. At least 25 members of the

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security forces were killed. Separately, in Mosul, at least 12

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people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into an

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army convoy.. For more on this story we can speak to the BBC's Arab

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affairs editor, Rami Ruhayem. 200 people dead since the beginning of

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the weekend. What is going on? of what has been going on for about

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ten years. This is the kind of thing we have been seeing ever since the

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United States invaded. And the levels differ from time to time and

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they are all linked at times to different domestic of elements and

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at times to regional developments. But we have not seen any stop to

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this violence. Today's violence in Mosul and yesterday 's attack on the

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prison is slightly different. The attacks over the weekend mostly

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attacked civilians and the prison attacks or to free inmates, and

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previous ones were successful but this time the authorities have

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managed to foil this attack. But they took a lot of pain in Mosul,

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and many were killed, army and police. What is your feeling about

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the capacity of the security forces of the political leadership, given

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just how difficult this has become? The main criticism has been

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infiltration and accusations that they are infiltrated. In addition,

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they do not coordinate activities well enough to stop this violence.

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And all of this is amid deep political divisions, not normal

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divisions but over legitimacy and whether the new order after the

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invasion is legitimate or not. It is against this background that perhaps

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gives the violence more steam to continue unabated as we have seen.

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What signs are there that this has become more radicalised? If you look

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at the levels of violence, it is hard to measure. In terms of who is

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involved? The Islamic state is very much active in Syria. This perhaps

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indicates mutual spill over. We do not know if Iraq is affecting Syria

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or vice versa. They are opposed to the political opposition to the new

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order and they think proper opposition is armed opposition to

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overthrow the order. A lot of this violence is also aimed at those who

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oppose the Iraqi government through political means. They are the main,

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or according to the government, they are behind most of these attacks but

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there are different narratives about who is really behind this. There are

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many theories about different geopolitical influences and it is

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hard to tell which is correct. you very much. A Norwegian woman in

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to buy at the centre of a rape claim dispute has been pardoned. She has

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been free to leave the country. The woman had been given a 16 month

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sentence last week for having sex outside marriage. The verdict

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sparked outrage in the West. She says she has been pardoned, has been

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returned. The charges date back to March, when she was reportedly raped

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by her co-worker. Police in the US city of Cleveland are searching a

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neighbourhood after the bodies of three dead women were discovered.

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They'd been wrapped in plastic bags. It is thought they were killed

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within the last ten days. Jane Little has more details. Police and

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local volunteers spent Sunday searching dozens of homes in this

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rundown Cleveland neighbourhood, looking for more possible victims.

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None have been found. On Friday, they discovered the body of a woman

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in a garage and, later, arrested a suspect. He is Michael Maddison, a

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registered sex offender who lived nearby. On Saturday, they uncovered

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the bodies of two more women. One in the backyard and another in a

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neighbour 's basement. All were wrapped in plastic bags. They are

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connected and hopefully this will be at. It will do the best we can to

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contain this within the neighbourhood. The local Mayor said

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that Madison suggested he was influenced by a local serial killer.

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Anthony Sobel was sentenced to death two years ago after being convicted

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of killing 11 woman. Their remains were found in his Cleveland home.

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The city made headlines in another grim case in May, when three women

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who vanished more than one decade ago were found alive in the home of

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a real Castro just ten miles from this latest crime scene. He faces

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multiple counts of kidnapping, rape and murder. Police have not released

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the names of these three women and say it could take some time to

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identify them. A BBC investigation has revealed that new EU regulations

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on logging are failing to stop illegal wood reaching Europe's

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shops. The Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal

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logs from the rainforest of Republic of Congo to Western Europe. Raphael

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Rowe reports. I am on a stake out waiting for this ship carrying

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suspected illegal logs to dock in the west of France. After two days,

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the cargo is unloaded and we can finally inspect it. The markings on

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some show it is tropical hardwood from one of two forest cutting zones

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in the Republic of Congo. It is used by a logging company. Nice to meet

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you. Investigators say the markings showing the area of origin have been

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changed. There has been some falsification of the numbers. It

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looks a little awkward. It could be changed. They believe the stands

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were changed to show the wood came from an area where logging is

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unrestricted, when it had actually come from the other forest cutting

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some. This second zone was subject to an export ban imposed last year

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after 12 logging companies had exceeded their annual quota in the

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first five months. They wanted to make it seem like these logs were

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cut here and not here. Based on the sheer volumes that were coming out,

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we thought, this does not seem right for possible that they are cutting

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down that many trees. The company said at the stake had been made

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because of human error and they admitted the markings we filmed

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appeared to have been altered. They promised to get back to us with

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further details but never did. No European Union regulation in related

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in March helped, they made the responsibility of the importer to

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make sure they would is imported legally. For the logs that we fund,

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that was the responsibility of the French importer. We contacted them

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to see what checks were carried out on sourcing the word, but many

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questions remain unanswered. I need to as Giesen questions about the

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wood you brought in? And your due diligence? Should you have done

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more? Under the new law, environmental campaigners say that

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more checks should have been made by the importer and French authorities.

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The import of this timber into France should have raised red flags.

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This is at the highest risk of what these regulations are about. And the

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operator importing them should have been held to account. Elsewhere, the

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timber industry as it she and of good intentions but very weak links.

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Until something is done about this, thousands of trees will be plundered

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illegally and exported from ports like this, processed into the many

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wooden products we see in our homes. And the menus is the Duchess of

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Cambridge has been admitted to hospital to have her baby. The

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hospital is in central London, she arrived by car and here is the

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